Judiciary of Guam, UOG, GCC and DOE

Exemptions. The Judiciary of Guam, the University of Guam, the Guam Community College, and the Guam Department of Education shall be exempted from the provisions prescribed in Title 5 GCA §§ 2101, 2101.1 and 2101.2. However, the Administrator of the Courts, the Presidents of the University of Guam and the Guam Community College, and the Superintendent of the Guam Department of Education shall separately perform the following duties and responsibilities:

(a)administer the initiation, coordination and review process of all activities within the institution involving Federal financial assistance;

(b)ensure that grant proposals for Federal assistance are in accordance with plans, policies, programs, objectives and procedures of the government of Guam;

(c)ensure that proposed projects for which Federal financial assistance is sought are fiscally and environmentally sound and are in compliance with all applicable Federal laws;

(d)ensure that the institution complies with all COL8/13/2020 CH. 2 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR applicable Federal laws relating to Federal financial assistance, and that there exists sound tracking, management, and financial accountability for all Federal programs awarded to the institution;

(e)perform a cost analysis on all Federal aid programs, grants, loans, contracts, contributions, advances, direct Federal development, or other Federal funding that the institution is applying for, for the financial impact on the institution and the government of Guam’s General Fund or special funds used to fund the local matching requirement as prescribed by Federal law; and the financial impact on the institution and the government of Guam for the continuation of the Federal program should the Federal funding expire and require the government of Guam to financially assume the program’s operation one hundred percent (100%);

(f)provide a courtesy electronic or written copy of each grant application to the Guam State Clearinghouse and I Liheslaturan Guåhan, including all communications between the Federal government grantor agency relative to the grant application process and the subsequent implementation and execution of the grant award; and

(g)the Administrator of the Courts, the Presidents of the University of Guam and the Guam Community College, and the Superintendent of the Guam Department of Education may delegate any of the foregoing duties and responsibilities to any officers or employees of their respective institution.